A lot of friends from Great Britain, The Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and other Belgian dojo joined our group for a two day long Keikokai at the VUB. On Saturday evening, a friendly dinner was organized in ADEPS where everyone could socialize and have a meal & drinks together.

We hope that all those who joined the practice enjoyed their weekend and invite those who couldn’t join this year to next year’s event!!

For the 27th time in a row, the All Belgium Kendo Federation organized the Kendo, Iaido & Jodo Winterseminar which allows all participants to upgrade their knowledge by practicing with a large number of Japanese experts. Our dojo took of course part in this important event and joined the “Nakakura Cup” which conclude the week of intense training. The team composed of Kota, Thomas & Makoto reached the final in the team section. An excellent way to end the year, certainly for Kota who succeed for “Nidan” the day before.

Dojo will close until the early days of 2018 and we hope to see everyone in excellent health back for hard and safe practice.

Do not forget to register already for the Wakakoma Keikokai, organized on the weekend of 20 & 21 of January! Info is send to everyone by mail… Ask for a copy if you haven’t got yours!

Immediately following the Düsseldorf tournament, on Sunday in Oostakker near Ghent the annual Belgian Kendo Kyu Championships took place. Once again, our members did very well as shown in the info below. At the end of the day, two of our members presented successfully the exam for shodan (1st dan) in Kendo.

Congratulations to the medal winners and all participants (including our fantastic group of parents!)

This year, the European Kendo Championships took place in Budapest, Hungary. The All Belgium Kendo Federation joined the event and four members of our dojo were members of the Belgian delegation; the delegation leader Dany, a referee Serge and two players, Kensaku and Makoto.

We are happy to announce that Kensaku reached the semifinals in the individual men category. Less result than last year when he won the tournament, but still an excellent performance!